Sam stone

Sam stone came home
山姆·斯通回家了
To his wife and family
見到了老婆孩子
After serving in the conflict overseas
之前一直在海外服役
And the time that he served
服役的那段時間
Had shattered all his nerves
身邊的砲彈震碎了他所有的神經
And left a little shrapnel in his knee
還在他膝蓋里留下了一點彈片
But the morphine eased the pain
嗎啡倒是能緩疼痛
And the grass grew round his brain
他趴在一堆綠草里
And gave him all the confidence he lacked
那些玩意兒給了他信心
With a purple heart and a monkey on his back
飄蕩著紫霧的心，任憑雨林的猴子爬在背上

There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes
爸爸的手臂留下一個彈孔，花了家裡所有的錢
Jesus Christ died for nothing I suppose
我想耶穌基督是白白犧牲了
Little pitchers have big ears
小小的存錢罐有個大提手
Don't stop to count the years
這樣的日子什麼時候是個頭
Sweet songs never last too long on broken radios
收音機壞了，再好聽的歌也不會放太久

Sam stone's welcome home
人們都歡迎老兵山姆·斯通回家
Didn't last too long
可沒過多久
He went to work when he'd spent his last dime
花光錢只好去找個活干
And Sammy took to stealing when he got that empty feeling
山姆感到空虛時就去偷東西
For a hundred dollar habit without overtime
一百美元才能吸一口，加班費根本不夠
And the gold rolled through his veins
金錢開始在他的血液裡流淌
Like a thousand railroad trains
就像一千列火車
And eased his mind in the hours that he chose
每天都要呆上幾個小時讓大腦不要緊張
While the kids ran around wearing other peoples' clothes
孩子們穿著別人的舊衣服跑來跑去

There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes
爸爸的手臂留下一個彈孔，花了家裡所有的錢
Jesus Christ died for nothing I suppose
耶穌基督死得毫無意義
Little pitchers have big ears
沒錢的存錢罐有個大提手
Don't stop to count the years
艱難度日
Sweetsongs never last too long on broken radios
收音機壞了，再好聽的歌也不會放太久

Sam stone was alone
薩姆·斯通獨自一人
When he popped his last balloon
當他吹破最後一個氣球時
Climbing walls while sitting in a chair
踩著椅子翻過牆
Well he played his last request
他提出了最後一個請求
While the room smelled just like death
房間裡瀰漫著死亡的氣息
With an overdose hovering in the air
過量的迷幻品在空中盤旋
But life had lost its fun
生活早已失去了樂趣
And there was nothing to be done
做什麼都沒有意義
But trade his house that he bought on the G I bill
可他還是用在美國特種部隊法案上買的房子
For a flag draped casket on a local heroes' hill
換了一個蓋著國旗的棺材，將自己放在當地的英雄山上

There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes
爸爸的手臂留下一個彈孔，花了家裡所有的錢
Jesus Christ died for nothing I suppose
耶穌基督的死並沒有拯救人世
Little pitchers have big ears
小小的存錢罐有個大提手
Don't stop to count the years
日子越來越難
Sweet songs never last too long on broken radios
收音機壞了，再好聽的歌也不會放太久